Henry and the Dinosaur

Henry and his brother and cousins liked to fight great battles for truth and justice in the woods.  One day it would be Davy Crockett fighting against impossible odds at the Alamo—or Robin Hood outwitting the Sheriff of Nottingham forest—-another day it might be Zorro, or the Lone Ranger.  Regardless it was never about “pretending” to be these heroes—they were them.  They were invincible—even invisible if necessary.

The Famous Explorers
The Famous Explorers

One day as they were fighting desperate battles with enemies seen and unseen along the old logging road in the woods next to the farm, they came across something white sticking out of the leaves under a monstrous oak tree.  They laid down their swords and cleared away some of the leaves, twigs and piles of acorn hats from around the object. They quickly realized it was a gigantic bone.  And not just one bone—there were several bones—dinosaur bones!

A “Poli-sophical” Rant

The tyranny of the masses

Given these extraordinary economic times it is sometimes difficult to step outside of ourselves and look at the big picture.  After all, when things get tough it is more than natural to focus inward in self interest.  What this accomplishes is to narrow our view to such an extent that we can no longer benefit from the many advantages of having a bigger view of what is going on.

Make the most of life—or not!

Tree in the sunsetYesterday,

Actually after the yesterdays

Hiding so many other yesterdays,

We inexplicably step out of the void.

We experience joy, we experience sadness,

We experience love, we experience anger,

We experience courage, we experience fear,.

We experience doubt, we experience faith,

We experience denial, we experience belief,

We experience epiphanies, we experience hope,

……..or not!

Experience is at the heart of it all.

Some among us are not even that lucky.

By Charles Buell

Pick your poison

The forest sees the light

Knowing darkness—

—knowing light.

When we cannot see the forest for the trees, seeing the light becomes important.

Sometimes we merely have to open our eyes.

Sometimes closing them is the answer.

Seeing the light is sometimes not enough.

The Tiger Trap

I knew that if I didn’t pull over and take a leak, I would surely break something.  It wasn’t difficult to find a place to pull over on this rural back road in Northern Pennsylvania.  I had only seen one car (and what was once possibly a pickup truck) in the last two hours.  I slowed the car to a stop on the shoulder, mostly off the road, and exploded out of the car.